Development Dialogue

Development Dialogue is a language of contemporary discourses on human development which aims to stimulate each entity of the society for a new history of humanity. It stands for communicating the problems that people face and hence is more value-based than other units of human life. Envisioned with better quality of human life it admires the imagination of ordinary citizens, their daily concerns and necessities and circulate these elements in policy articulation.

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"Constitutional Ambassadors at Development Dialogue fosters leadership, awareness and consciousness among youths and, prepares them for community organizing, advocacy and envoy of peace & friendship.”

“Youths are not only the leaders of tomorrow; they are the
key actors of today.” – ActionAid

Last
July 25, 2012, three buses carrying 150 students belonging to a Delhi Public
School (DPS) branch were attacked in Katmandu. The culprits were student
activists affiliated to the Mohan Vaiya-led radical breakaway faction of the
Maoists. They set a DPS bus on fire and vandalised another in eastern Nepal as
part of protests against high fees and foreign investment in schools. The
attack has raised concerns from the UN on the increasing number of incidents of
attacks on school buses that risk the lives and welfare of students.

But amidst all these acts of violence on the youth,NGOs
like ActionAid's international youth training centre called the Global Platform
in Katmandu have trained youths from all over the world in social activism
through its own Activista Network and others involved in social activism. The
aim of the Global Platform is “to establish a place that can be an important
driver in changing the world into a more just and equal place for the whole
humankind.” The training hopes to “deepen and widen social justice action by
giving young activists from Nepal, Asia and the rest of the world,
opportunities to develop their skills in planning actions for social
change." according to Bimal Phnuyal, Country Director of ActionAid Nepal.

With their training, the youth learn to become global campaigners and change agents, be active
global volunteers and develop volunteerism as a tool to promote social change
in their local communities. They also develop the necessary leadership skills
to lead members in their volunteering or social change activities. They learn
to campaign and work on their advocacies to push for the enactment
of laws or improve systems to help strengthen identified flaws in their
communities. They are empowered through training to handle challenges so they
can be social agents that would strengthen not only their capabilities in helping
bring about change in society but also in instituting changes through civil
society networks and coalitions outside their country.

Despite
the attacks on schools by radical groups in Nepal, it is an undeniable fact
that the youth are indeed not only the leaders of tomorrow but they are also the
key actors of today that can bring about social change. The youth can make the
difference...